Okehampton Consols Mine, Devon
Okehampton: grid reference SX571935
A lease was issued to prospect here for lead in 1854 with the mine at work between 1862 and 1867. However no saleable ore was raised and the mine was abandoned in 1868
Other nearby mines and their main ores
Meldon (approx. 1.8 km; COPPER, IRON & Arsenic)
Forest Mine (Okement Consols) (approx. 2.5 km; COPPER, TIN & LEAD)
Tor Wood (approx. 5.5 km; COPPER & LEAD)
Ivy Tor Mine (approx. 5.6 km; COPPER, BISMUTH & ARSENOPYRITE)
Belstone Consols (approx. 6.2 km; COPPER & ARSENOPYRITE)
Steeperton Tor Mine (approx. 6.7 km; TIN)
Ford Mine (approx. 7.1 km; COPPER, ARSENIC, PYRITE & ZINC)
Ramsley Mine (approx. 8.0 km; COPPER & ARSENOPYRITE)
Wheal Mary Emma (approx. 9.1 km; TIN & LEAD)
Gooseford West (Fortune) (approx. 10.0 km; COPPER, ARSENIC & TIN)
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